[news] Kangaroo Mother Care, an example to follow from developing countries

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In 1978 Edgar Rey, a Colombian paediatrician concerned with the problems arising from a shortage of incubators and the impact of separating women from newborns in neonatal care units, developed Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC),3 a healthcare technique for low birthweight infants that is at least as effective as traditional care in a neonatal care unit.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/11/18/65530/176